12-year-old Girl Caged For 8 Months, Starved By Couple In Nigeria
They kept the girl in a cage at their compound and starved her of food for eight months.
by SaharaReporters, New York
May 14, 2021
The Sokoto Police Command has rescued a 12-year-old girl, Joy Emmanuel, from solitary confinement of eight months.
The girl was said to have been caged for that period by her guardians identified as Emmanuel Basey and his wife Esther Emmanuel at the Sokoto Cinema area in Sokoto North Local Government Area.
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Joy was also said to have been starved.
It was gathered that the couple claimed “she is mentally unstable” but were later proven otherwise by the police.
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The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto State Command has rescued a 12 years old girl who was said to have been caged for eight months by her guardians identified as Emmanuel Basey and his wife, Esther Emmanuel.
The girl, Joy was also said to have been denied food throughout the period of her confinement at Sokoto cinema area in Sokoto North Local Government Area.
Our correspondent gathered that the guardians took the action because “she is mentally unstable” which was later proved to be false by the police.
Confirming the development to our correspondent in Sokoto, the spokesman of the Sokoto State Police Command, ASP Sanusi Abubakar, said the girl was rescued on Thursday while the suspects were arrested and detained at the Dadin Kowa police station.
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